Luggage carrier



A. W. NEWTON Oct. 4, 1938.

LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed Sept. 9, 1937 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented 2,132,316 LUGGAGE canaliza Anne W. Newton, Chevy Chase, D. C.

Application September 9, 1937, Serial No. 163,123

2 Claims.

The invention relates to a truck for luggage conveyance and more especially to a luggage carrier.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a carrier of this character, wherein the bed for supporting the luggage is -equipped with caster wheels and also has in association a strap so that luggage can be fastened onto the bed and in this manner the same can be rendered mobile for the easy transportation of its load from one locality to another, the device being usable for men, women, children and salesmen or agents in peddling wares.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein the luggage when constituting the load can be readily opened without removal or disconnecting the load from the carrier, the carrier being adjustable for accommodating different sizes of luggage for the carriage thereof.

A futher object of the invention Is the proviv sion of a carrier of this character. wherein a handle is adjustably associated therewith to vary the length thereof as may be required.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a carrier of this character, wherein' the retaining strap can be conveniently trained through the handle Vof a piece of luggage for more firmly securing the same in the carrier.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a carrier of this character, which is simple in construction, comparatively light in weight yet strong. durable, thoroughly reliable and efcient in operation, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred and modied forms of embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carrier constructed in accordance with the invention and loaded with a piece of luggage.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the body carriage.

Figure 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of an attaching strap for the handle of the carrier.

Figure 5 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of the body carriage showing a modification.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing. Y 5

Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the luggage carrier constituting the present invention comprises a platelike body I0 preferably made from sheet metal although it may be made from any other suitable 10 material and constitutes the bed of the carrier. At the four corners of the body Ill, which is of substantially rectangular shape, are swiveled caster wheels II for ground or foundation contact and rendering such carrier mobile.

Near opposite ends of the body I0 transversely thereof are several slots I2 through which is v trained a flexible strap I3, this being adapted to embrace a piece of luggage I4 when superimposed upon the body III for mobility purposes. 20 One end of the strap being equipped with a buckle I5 for adjustably accommodating the other end of said strap and in this manner the latter can be made secure in embracing relation to the luggage I4. The strap I3 is formed with 2,5 a narrowed length or stretch I6 being trained through the loop handle I1 forming a part of the luggage I l and in this manner anchorage of the luggage is assured.

Fitting the strap I3 uppermost with respect to 30 the luggage lIl in the carrier are loop-like slides Il, each at one side thereof carries a buckle I9 and at the other side an eye 20, the buckle I9 being iitted with an adjusting strap 2l adjustably engageable with an upwardly arched or flattened 35 handle piece 22 and in this manner the said handle through the use of the straps 2| can be lengthened for increasing the size thereof. Thus the handle 22 is usable for the hand carrying oi the carrier with the luggage piece I4 therein.

The eye 20 accommodates the free end of the strap 2| companion thereto, being illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawing.

In Figure 5 of the drawing there is shown a slight modiilcation, wherein the truck body of 45 the carrier is in two sections 23 and 24, respectively, the latter being formed with laterally extending tongues 25 accommodated within folded guides 2S bent from the section 23 while working within slots 21 in these guides is a fastener 28 50 engaged in the tongues 25 and in this manner the truck body of the carrier can be widened or narrowed accordingly to the width of the luggage piece to be superimposed thereon, these sections 23 and 24 being laterally adjustable with respect 55 to each other and are fastened in adjusted position.

The plate-like body I0 at its upper surface has serrations 29, these being medially disposed and extended longitudinally of said body, the purpose thereof being to prevent slippage of the strap I3 when trained or threaded through the slots I2 in said body, thereby holding the said strap xed relative to this body. What is claimed is:

1. A carrier for luggage having a loop handle permanently fastened therewith, comprising a truck having a flat body serrated at the upper dle engaged by the straps of said buckles for adjustmentof said loop handle, and a restricted portion formed in saidstrap for the engagement of this portion in the loop handle of said luggage.

2. A carrier for luggage having a loop handle permanently fastened therewith, comprising a truck having a fiat vbody serrated at the upper face thereof for a distance of the same, caster wheels fitted beneath the body adjacent to corners thereof, said body having pairs of spaced transversely disposed slots near opposite ends thereof, an adjustable strap slidably fitted in said slots and trained about the luggage through the loop handle. thereof with the ends of said strap adjustably joined with each other, looplike slides fitted with the strap at the uppermost portion of the luggage, strap-carrying buckles swingingly connected with the slides, a loop handle engaged by the straps of said buckles for adjustment of said loop handle, a restricted portion formed in said strap for the engagement of this portion in the loop handle of said luggage, and means built with the truck body for varying the width thereof.

. ANNE W. NEWTON. 

